赖斯的一个主要研究主题是使用地震，岩石学，地球化学，流体动力学和结构地质学等多种工具，了解从内部到地壳的内部构造，结构，动力学和演化。主要研究领域包括地震物理学，地幔对流，岩石圈形成和演化，地幔和地壳的地球化学分异，火山作用，板块运动学，山区建筑，盆地形成，大陆形成/演化，深部挥发性循环和矿产资源。部门研究集中在一个广泛的问题上，即地球如何分化为不同的成分储层，例如地壳，地幔，岩心和大气。地球分化的关键步骤是地幔和地壳的融化以及由此产生的地表火山活动。教师研究包括不同构造背景下的岩浆作用成因，俯冲带中的挥
Departmental research focuses on the broad problem of how the Earth differentiates into different compositional reservoirs, such as the crust, mantle, core and atmosphere. A key step in the differentiation of the Earth is melting in the mantle and crust and the resulting volcanic activity produced at the surface. Faculty research includes the origin of magmatism in different tectonic settings, volatile cycling in subduction zones, the role of volatiles in volcanic eruptions and long-term climate, the processes of core formation, the compositional differentiation of the Earth's crust and mantle, the chemical and physical processes associated with magma formation, migration, and eruption, the structure and spatio-temporal distribution of volcanoes, and the distribution of volcanic stresses, deformation and seismicity. We approach these problems using field data and laboratory measurements or experiments, the latter involving state of the art geochemical facilities and apparatus for simulating extreme conditions inside the Earth or the processes of volcanic eruptions.